Yet rather than indicating the genuine start of a third world war, the "most intelligent social network" appears to have simply sparked a self-fulfilling trend circle sending the phrase to the top of the site.

People appeared to be longing for an answer to the question, "Has World War III begun?" It appears that answer is no. Well, not yet.

Here's how the drama unfolded...

The vicious trend circle

Most of the reason that World War III is trending is due to people tweeting that World War III is trending.